The newspaper industry is bottoming out; print media is in dire need of a eulogy. This has been the message thrust upon the public. And with an increasing number of people looking for the quickest way to get their news (not always waiting for their morning paper — and why? Because they don’t have to),
“Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World” Author: Maria Armoudian Publisher: Prometheus Books Hardcover: 312 pages In true journalist fashion, Maria Armoudian uses compelling language and personal stories to make a gripping connection of a much larger picture. In approximately 300 thoroughly researched pages, Armoudin takes us around the world
I know a journalist freshly graduated from a midwestern University who, in these times of a somewhat floundering media world, eagerly accepted a position as a reporter at a small five-day weekly paper in Missouri.